James Norton: “I regret that when Senate Concurrent Resolution 145, Expressing a Sense of the Congress on the Propriety and Need for…”

“I regret that when Senate Concurrent Resolution 145, Expressing a Sense of the Congress on the Propriety and Need for Construction of the National World War II Memorial on the National Mall, came to the floor today I was giving the keynote speech to BusinessLINC, a national group that develops mentoring relationships between large and small businesses. Most members are out of town because there are no votes today, and there was apparently no one present who could give the true story of why there has been opposition to the World War II Memorial here in the District and throughout the country. Instead there were some comments that apparently disparaged the opposition and insulted their motives by indicating that they oppose a memorial to World War II veterans or feel less passionately about it than those who support the memorial. There are real differences, but let the record be clear that there are no differences on the belated honor that should have been made to World War II veterans long ago.”